Who
is my God? Do I make my art or does my art make me? The best art comes
from the mind and body, and the best of the best comes from the heart
and soul. We don't have to invent new notes to make new music. Artists
as symbol maker? God gave all people a cup of clay and from that they
drink life. These are the thoughts that begin the formation of my art.
My art reflects my life, my roots of growing up on the prairies of South
Dakota, the influence of the Lakota Indian traditions and a German Lutheran
heritage on my spirit and soul. Life has many stages of struggle and celebration.
It is through my art that I discover not only what I am made of but also
what I can make myself into.

This
is about the beauty of form and function as well as the ideas and memories
of landscape, of Unci (Grandmother), and Inan (Mother) Maka (Earth).

This
also about education, learning and understanding the truth we share. It
is about the power and honesty of another way of walking in this time.

Sometimes
we dream of being more than what we are.

Ho hetch
etu aloh. Mitakuye Oyas'in. (We are all one. We are all related.)